What a Life! Beginner

What A Life! Stories of Amazing People, an engaging reader for high beginning students of English, focuses on the lives of 24 fascinating people from around the world and across history. These biographies -- surprising and always intriguing -- explore the accomplishments and uniqueness of each individual. Students will be inspired by these people's lives and their remarkable contributions to our world. Each unit of What A Life! features prereading, vocabulary, comprehension, discussion, and writing exercises.

In addition to the biographical reading, each short, easy-tofollow unit includes:

* Pre-reading questions and activities.
* Vocabulary exercises -- definition and usage.
* Main-idea and reading-skills exercises.
* Questions on detail and inference.
* Discussion, comprehension, and writing activities.
* Answers to exercises at the end of each book.